Jamil Mahuad

Infobox_President | name= Jamil Mahuad
order=President of Ecuador

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term_start=10 August, 1998
term_end=22 January 2000
predecessor=Fabián Alarcón
successor=Gustavo Noboa
birth_date=Birth date and age|1949|7|29|mf=y
birth_place=Loja , Ecuador
spouse=
vicepresident=Gustavo Noboa
party=Democracia popular

Jorge Jamil Mahuad Witt (born July 29, 1949) was President of Ecuador from August 10, 1998 to January 21, 2000. He was forced to resign after a week of demonstrations by indigenous Ecuadorians and a military revolt led by Lucio Gutiérrez. He is of Lebanese and German descent.

He proposed economic reforms that produced the "dollarization" of the economy. He declared a freeze in bank accounts in order to control the countries' inflation. However, some allege that his inner circle had enough time to take millions of dollars out of the banking system.

He lectures in ethics and politics at universities across America. Mahuad is a Fellow at the Center for Public Leadership at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government.

During his presidency, a historical peace agreement with the neighboring country of Peru was signed, resolving the countries' longstanding border dispute. Under the agreement, Ecuador renounced its claims to sovereignty of the disputed territory under the Rio de Janeiro Protocol; Peru deeded ownership of a square kilometer of the territory to Ecuador.

External links

* [http://www.cidob.org/es/documentacion/biografias_lideres_politicos/america_del_sur/ecuador/jamil_mahuad_witt Extended biography (in Spanish) by CIDOB Foundation]
* [http://www.usip.org/library/pa/ep/ep_rio01291942.html Text of the Rio Protocol]
* [http://www.oas.org/oasnews/1999/English/March-April99/article1.htm Mahuad and Fujimori]
* [http://www.presidencia.gov.ec/modulos.asp?id=28/ Official Website of the Ecuadorian Government about the country President's History]